It was the famous Romantic poet John Keats who composed the popular poem Ode to a Nightingale which is the longest ode among his other odes such as Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode on Indolence, Ode on Melancholy, and Ode to Psyche. Keats wrote Ode to a Nightingale in the spring of 1819 (at … Read more
The famous Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, at Finsbury in London. When he was less than nine years, his father died of an accident. After studying in the school of Clarke, he was apprenticed to Thomas Hammond, a surgeon and apothecary of Edmonton. His poetic career started in the year … Read more
Introduction: John Keats’ famous poem ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn‘ was composed in the month of May 1819. John Keats was greatly impressed by Greek art, painting and literature. He was very fond of Greek plays and epics of Homer. Keats used to study Greek legends and seeing various pieces of Greek sculptures, which were … Read more
